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US 2009/0151867 A1Published application
Pressure debulking system and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsNeal A. Froeschner, Derek J. Fox
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Abstract
A pressure debulking system includes a debulking chamber having a debulking chamber interior, a pressure bladder having a bladder interior provided in the debulking chamber interior, a vacuum port disposed in fluid communication with the debulking chamber interior and a pressure port disposed in fluid communication with the debulking chamber interior. A pressure debulking method is also disclosed.
Claims20
A pressure debulking system, comprising:
- a debulking chamber having a debulking chamber interior;
- a pressure bladder having a bladder interior provided in said debulking chamber interior;
- a vacuum port disposed in fluid communication with said debulking chamber interior;
- and
- a pressure port disposed in fluid communication with said debulking chamber interior.
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A pressure debulking system, comprising:
- a debulking chamber having a debulking chamber interior and at least one chamber opening communicating with said debulking chamber interior;
- a pressure bladder having a bladder interior provided in said debulking chamber interior and at least one bladder mouth communicating with said bladder interior at said at least one chamber opening;
- a vacuum port disposed in fluid communication with said debulking chamber interior;
- and
- a pressure port disposed in fluid communication with said debulking chamber interior.
2 more elements
A pressure debulking method, comprising:
- providing a composite layup;
- providing a chamber having a pressure bladder in said chamber;
- expanding said pressure bladder by inducing a vacuum in said chamber;
- placing said composite layup in said chamber;
- and
- applying said pressure bladder against said composite layup by applying pressure against said pressure bladder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.